GRE Word List
RIDDLE
a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
The meaning of the word riddle is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| biting | having the power to bite |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| pivotal | of, relating to, or constituting a pivot |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |